Highlights of the Supreme Court's 2004-2005 Term
References for National Cable and Telecom. Assn. v. Brand X Internet Services (June 27, 2005)

Prior Opinions

• U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit Filed October 6, 2003

Pleadings, Motions, & Arguments

• Brief for the cable industry petitioners (PDF)
• Brief for the federal petitioners (PDF)
• Brief for respondents BellSouth and SBC in support of petitioners (PDF)
• Brief for respondents the Verizon Telephone Cos. et al. in support of reversal (PDF)
• Brief for respondents Earthlink, Inc., Brand X Internet Services, and Center for Digital Democracy (PDF)
• Brief for respondent MCI, Inc. (PDF)
• Reply brief for respondents the Verizon Telephone Cos. et al. in support of reversal (PDF)
• Supreme Court Oral Argument (PDF)

Amicus Briefs in Support of Petitioner

• Telecommunications Industry Association (PDF)

Amicus Briefs in Support of Respondent

• American Civil Liberties Union & Brennan Center for Justice at NYU School of Law (PDF)

Articles & Commentary

• Ruling a Big Win for Cable Firms, Hiawatha Bray for The Boston Globe (June 2005)
• Cable Wins Internet-Access Ruling, Saul Hansell for The New York Times (June 2005)
• Cable's Win is Consumers' Loss, Robert MacMillan for The Washington Post (June 2005)
• Cable Can Control Web Access, Says Court, Laura Sydell for NPR (June 2005)
• Supreme Court Says Cable Companies Can Keep Broadband Lines to Themselves, Tom Henry for Jurist Paperchase (June 2005)
• Duke Cert - National Cable v. Brand X
• Medill School of Journalism - Whitney Beckett for "On the Docket"

Other References

• Supreme Court Docket
• liibulletin
• Administrative Law
• Communications Law